True friendship is a rare and special gift – but how do creative people, competitors on the market, manage their friendships, exchange ideas, share their lives? The exhibition “Friends + Design” investigates this theme.
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) is inviting 7 friends / internationally acclaimed designers to work together on different commissions in 3 groups. From that, new works will be created for the Museum of Decorative Arts at Pillnitz Palace in Dresden, ranging between installations, products and happenings.
AC/E supports the participation of the Spanish product designer Tomás Alonso, who with the German Mathias Hahn has been commissioned to create a gift for each other, based on the question “What would a design look like if it was conceived to be a gift for your friend?” The commission is not limited to objects, as a gift could be anything, even time. The only limitation is that it needs to be recognizeable within the exhibition.
This setting brings together two up-and-coming designers who both live in London and have been working for well-reputed companies as well as independent artistic projects. They share an approach to design, which can be considered as elegant, slender, yet poetic.
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) is inviting 7 friends / internationally acclaimed designers to work together on different commissions in 3 groups. From that, new works will be created for the Museum of Decorative Arts at Pillnitz Palace in Dresden, ranging between installations, products and happenings.
AC/E supports the participation of the Spanish product designer Tomás Alonso, who with the German Mathias Hahn has been commissioned to create a gift for each other, based on the question “What would a design look like if it was conceived to be a gift for your friend?” The commission is not limited to objects, as a gift could be anything, even time. The only limitation is that it needs to be recognizeable within the exhibition.
This setting brings together two up-and-coming designers who both live in London and have been working for well-reputed companies as well as independent artistic projects. They share an approach to design, which can be considered as elegant, slender, yet poetic.